[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/crock.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / crock

[← C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/C/)

# crock

«crock» in Mova's school dictionary: **a large pot of thick brown clay, used in the kitchen to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (crock, crocks)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A crock is a large pot of thick brown clay, used in the kitchen to keep food such as butter, or to store things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crock/#m1)

2) (informal, British) «A load of crock» means rubbish or nonsense. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crock/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in the tales a crock is a big earthen pot that holds butter or other food, kept in a cool place

### examples

- «How much butter will it take to fill your crock?» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crock/#x1)
- She put the salted butter into the crock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crock/#x2)
- The old crock stood by the door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crock/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths; a crock is a container, and a question may ask how many scoops fill it, but the word itself gives no number.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «crock» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crock/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.